SKF

AB SKF
Company typePublicly traded Aktiebolag
Nasdaq Stockholm: SKF B
OMX Stockholm 30
ISIN
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1907 (1907)
Founders
  • Sven Wingquist
  • Axel Carlander
HeadquartersGothenburg, Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Hans Stråberg (Chairman)
Rickard Gustafson (President & CEO)
Products
Revenue 81.73 billion kr (2021)
10.76 billion kr (2021)
7.58 billion kr (2021)
Total assets 99.63 billion kr (2021)
Total equity 45.37 billion kr (2021)
OwnerFAM AB (14%; 29.3% votes):47
Number of employees
42,602 (end 2021)
Subsidiaries
  • GLOi
  • Kaydon Corporation
  • Blohm + Voss Industries
  • General Bearing Corp.
  • Alemite
  • Lincoln
  • Reelcraft
  • +150 other
Websiteskf.com

AB SKF (Swedish: Svenska Kullagerfabriken, 'Swedish Ball Bearing Factory') is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services globally.

SKF is the world's largest bearing manufacturer and employs 44,000 people in 108 manufacturing units. It has the largest industrial distributor network in the industry, with 17,000 distributor locations encompassing 130 countries.:4 SKF is one of the largest companies in Sweden and among the largest public companies in the world.